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Prosecutor asks for sentences below the maximum in LuxLeaks trial
Source: Reuters
World | Tue May 10, 2016 8:31am EDT
Prosecutor asks for sentences below the maximum in LuxLeaks trial
Luxembourg's prosecutor asked on Tuesday for penalties well below the maximum for two former accounting firm employees who leaked data about its tax deals with large corporations in the so-called "LuxLeaks" affair.
The prosecutor requested 18-month prison sentences and fines for Antoine Deltour and Raphael Halet, both French citizens and former employees of accounting firm PwC.
That was far less than the five-year maximum for the charges that range from violating secrecy laws to theft and IT fraud.
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Prosecutors say this data and material supplied by Halet was used in the 'LuxLeaks' revelations of November 2014 by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
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Prosecutor asks for sentences below the maximum in LuxLeaks trial
Luxembourg's prosecutor asked on Tuesday for penalties well below the maximum for two former accounting firm employees who leaked data about its tax deals with large corporations in the so-called "LuxLeaks" affair.
The prosecutor requested 18-month prison sentences and fines for Antoine Deltour and Raphael Halet, both French citizens and former employees of accounting firm PwC.
That was far less than the five-year maximum for the charges that range from violating secrecy laws to theft and IT fraud.
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Prosecutors say this data and material supplied by Halet was used in the 'LuxLeaks' revelations of November 2014 by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-taxavoidance-luxembourg-idUSKCN0Y11LD
